Challenges and prospects in group-based assignments at higher learning institutions in Malaysia by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi

“…The immediate implication for the practice is that university instructors need to review its group-based assignments to reduce the “free-riding” problems. The study would like to propose the use of multiple evaluation methods on group-based assignments to reduce the free riding problem if university instructors insist to apply group-based assignments. …”
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Electron beam crosslinked natural rubber/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposite by Khalid, Mohammad, Ismail, Ahmad Faris, Yusof, Faridah, Ratnam, Chantara Thevy, Walvekar, Rashmi Gangasa, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…Radiation can also produce crosslink densities like those obtained by sulphur curing, but the net effects, are similar, though not identical. …”
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Musharakah Mutanaqisah home financing: a review of literatures and practices of Islamic banks in Malaysia by Osmani, Noor Mohammad, Abdullah, Md. Faruk

“…It will highlight the characteristics of MM and related issues like ownership and liabilities, shares and ownership transfer, Ijarah and rentals etc. …”
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Evaluation of different control policies of semi-active MR fluid damper of a quarter-car model by Rahman, Mahmudur, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Kasemi, Banna

“…A Semi-active device is used for this purpose because it carries valuable result which maintains the reliability of passive control methods and includes the advantage of the adjustable parameter characteristics of active systems. Semi-active devices like Magnetorheological fluids dampers are very effective to control vibration, which use MR fluids to produce controllable damping force and provide both the reliability of passive systems and the facility of active control systems with small power supply. …”
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Quality of supervisor-subordinate relationship and work outcome: organizational justice as mediator by Hassan, Arif, Chandaran, Suresh

“…It is expected that in a relationship oriented society like Malaysia, the quality of the dyadic relationship would strongly influence employees’ attitude and behavioral tendencies. …”
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Malaysian science and technology indicators by Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Alavi, Rokiah, Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Kassim, Salina, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Hussien, Suhailah

“…Indeed, not only has Malaysia taken the steps to develop her S&T system, but, like many developed countries before her, has also taken the steps to develop S&T indicators, which are a series of data that are aimed at measuring and reflecting the scientific endeavour of our country, demonstrating the strength and weaknesses of our country’s science system, and providing early warning of events and trends that might impair its ability to meet our country’s needs. …”
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Critical factors for developing brand equity: an empirical investigation in Malaysia by Silva, Suranga, Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Yasmin, Farzana, Khatibi, Ali

“…The power of branding is most often powerful than the product itself. Renowned brands like Procter and Gamble paid Richardson-Vicks 2.6 times of its book value. …”
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Modelling of impact on sandwich structure for fast maintenance loops by Castanie, Bruno, Aminanda, Yulfian, Schwob, Cyrille

“…In the aeronautical field, sandwich structures are widely used for secondary structures like flaps or landing gear doors. The modeling of low velocity/low energy impact, which can lead to a decrease of the structure strength by 50%, remains a designer’s main problem. …”
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Molding of three-dimensional microcomponents by Hung, W. N. P., Agnihotri, M. M., Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Yuan, S.

“…Nickel and aluminum mold inserts were used for the study; their cavities were fabricated by combinations of available micromachining processes like laser micromachining, micromilling, micro electrical discharge machining, and focused ion beam sputtering. …”
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Virtual-learning Content Management System for Problem-Based Learning (PBL) courses by Abu Kasim, Norul Ashikin, Gunawan, Teddy Surya

“…This paper presents the design of Virtual-Learning Content Management System to be used by students and instructors a like using problem-based learning (PBL) as the instructional methodology. …”
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Integrating minority students through Sekolah Berwatak (Sports-based Character School) Programme: a study of selected secondary schools in the district of Pekan, Pahang by Abd Rahim, Badruel Hairiel, Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura

“…The number of minority students who attend mainstream school in Malaysia is substantial. Like the majority students, minority students are required to embrace the agenda of the Malaysian educational system through various programme in order to foster cooperation and unity among students and the school authority. …”
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The current practices of Islamic Build Operate Transfer (BOT) financing contracts: A legal analysis by Markom, Ruzian, Engku Ali, Engku Rabiah Adawiah, Hasan, Aznan

“…Islamic transactions) like sale, partnership and lease contract. The objective of this work was to study the current practices of the Islamic BOT financing contracts in Malaysia and other countries. …”
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Evaluation of green roof system for green building projects in Malaysia by Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati, Othman, Jamilah

“…The application of green roof in Malaysian building has been studied with the previous work on green roof either in Malaysia or other Asian region as like Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and several other countries that have similar climate and environment as in Malaysia. …”
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The Islamization of English literary studies: An introduction by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…Literature tells us the story of human life. Like any other literary tradition, English literature concerns human beings, their experiences, sorrows and happiness. …”
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High anorectal malformation with associated rectovaginal fistula and uterine didelphys. A known but rare association! by Abd. Aziz, Azian, M, Noor Ezmas

“…Although not many cases of anorectal malformation are seen in our institution, associated anomalies like rectovaginal or rectovesical fistulas are commonly observed. …”
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Educational technology and teacher training: challenges and solutions by Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein

“…They are still using traditional instructional materials like the blackboard or green board with chalks. Hence, the contemporary educational settings need highly trained, multi-skilled and technologies literate teachers in order to carry out their mission professionally and effectively, and to face the growing challenges in the field of education. …”
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High and stable performance under adverse traffic patterns of tori-connected torus network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Sato, Yukinori, Inoguchi, Yasushi

“…In this paper, we show that the TTN with any size possesses several attractive features, including constant node degree, small diameter, low cost, small average distance, moderate bisection width, and high fault tolerant performance than that of other networks like fixed size TTN. We further evaluate the dynamic communication performance of TTN, and compare it with hierarchical TESH & MH3DT and conventional mesh & torus networks. …”
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Enhancement of dewatering properties of Kaolin suspension by using cationic polyacrylamide (PAM-C) flocculant and surfactants by Hussain, Jabir, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…In this study, kaolin synthetic sludge was used as model material as it has similar property of being very difficult to dewater like wastewater treatment plant sludge. Previous study reported that simultaneous addition of PAMC to the surfactants decreased the settling rate and also helped to reduce the moisture content substantially. …”
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Kinematics model of snake robot considering snake scale by Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Watanabe, M., Shafie, Amir Akramin

“…Conclusion: Thus this structure as well as the mathematical model was expected to help built snake robots for narrow space applications like pipe inspection, disaster scenario mapping.…”
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Multihoming based mobility management scheme in NEMO: a qualitative and quantitative analysis by Islam, Shayla, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Abdul Latif, Suhaimi, Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul, A. Saeed, Rashid

“…NEMO BSP is an extension of Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) and inherits all the shortcomings like higher handoff latency, packet loss etc. As Network Mobility (NEMO) is engaged to manage the movement of Mobile Router (MR) and it's Mobile Network Nodes (MNNs) during handoff, it is very important to improve the performance of mobility management protocol to achieve continuous Internet connectivity with lower delay and packet loss in NEMO environment. …”
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